Museums in Israel

The Lehi Museum, or Beit Yair, tells the life story of Avraham Stern and the history Lehi Organization he founded. It is located in Tel Aviv, in the house where the Lehi …

The Etzel Museum, or the Museum of Jaffa’s Liberators, was founded to tell the story of the Ezel. It is also a memorial for the 41 Etzel fighters who fell …

The Chamber of the Holocaust was the the world’s first Holocaust memorial and is a powerful yet little known museum by Israelis and tourists alike. It was built as a …

Yad Vashem is the Holocaust History Museum and Israel’s memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the dead, honoring Jews who fought …

The Israel Museum is Israel’s largest cultural institution and one of the world’s leading museums in art and archaeology. The focus of the museum is on the art, Judaica and …

Ammunition Hill is the site of one of the most hard won and important battles fought during the Six-Day War leading to the reunification of Jerusalem. Today it is a …

The Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem is the world’s only museum devoted entirely to the history of the Bible and the Ancient Near East. This museum displays a rare and …

The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum houses antiquities unearthed in excavations conducted mainly during the time of the British Mandate. The museum contains thousands of artifacts ranging from prehistoric times, dating back …

The Hebrew Music Museum exhibits of rare and ancient musical instruments from different historical periods. The museum displays musical instruments from across the world. There are seven galleries, each with …

The Umberto Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art is the only museum that collects objects and documentation from all the Jewish communities in Italy.  The Jewish community in Rome is …